REL 251 - Death and Afterlife in World Religions

Course Units: 1

This course investigates how various religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, and examples of indigenous and ancient religions) understand death and the afterlife, and how this understanding relates to views of the human person. The course also discuses religious rituals pertaining to death, near death experiences, the undead, and contemporary practices such as public memorization. Our study of death and the afterlife draws on a variety of methods: history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy. CC: LCC, HUM